What do I get?

• The Higher Level Teaching Assistant Certificate course is broken into 6 units, as follows. Blocks are independent from one another, and each will contain learning, assessment material and the opportunity to complete live teaching sessions with your tutor. Each unit is designed to be studied over 6 weeks, but this structured approach is not compulsory and you may work at a speed Unit 1: Understand the Higher Level Teaching Assistant role Unit 2: Child Development and Welfare Unit 3: Awareness of Special Educational Needs Unit 4: Promoting positive behaviour in children and young people Unit 5: Providing support for individual learners and small groups Unit 6: Developing skills to promote positive working relationships Unit 7: Curriculum planning, delivery and assessment Placement Activities: You will complete a placement log for 100 hours, a practice record and also plan a range of activities that you can complete with the children. If you are employed, a contract can be used as evidence instead of a placement log. PDP and CPD: You will complete a Personal Development Plan and Create a Continuing Professional Development Practical evidence will be signed off by a suitably qualified mentor within your setting. A final professional discussion will also be conducted with your NCCE Assessor. ​

What do I need?

• This course requires you to understake a placement of 100 hours, within which you will be able to learn and demonstrate your skills of learning support within an educational establishment
• Your placement needs to be within a school, college or training environment within Key Stages 1-5 or in the the EYFS. Don't worry if you do not have a placement right away
• You can enjoy the learning experience and then put your knowledge into action at any point through the programme